going with it

          The power of intention is enough to change our cells in our bodies.  QiGong and TaiChi do the movements and breathing techniques that make physical changes in their bodies.  I see that as intention.  Maybe visualization is the same thing.  I've only heard of people using it as a way to heal themselves.  I wonder if it can be done in tandem, that way the power can be doubled and possibly the healing can be more efficient. 

     I don't feel comfortable with a bionic person.  Maybe I don't know enough about it.  There's just a point where I prefer humanity instead of technology.  I can appreciate the importance of having an artificial arm or leg, especially for the military.  I don't know how many appendages equals a bionic person.  Are the organs being duplicated?  At which point is it too much?  When it starts to involve reasoning might be too far for me. 

     There is an art to loafing.  I know some people that make it look almost graceful.  I tend to think too much.  I know there are many things that need to get done and when I sit down, the list runs in my head.  Loafing is hard work. It takes practice to relax. Mind and body chill.

Alchemy- science, magic or art.      What I like about alchemy is the flexibility of it.  It can fit into science, magic or art.  I think it's all three.  I see acupuncture in a similar way.  Acupuncture uses the meridians that are not part of the Western medicine world.  It doesn't fit under just one category.  There's also a sliver of ambiguity in it.  It's like leaving the door open for something magical.  I like leaving a piece of unknown in the equation.  Do we need to know everything?  Do we need to dissect and examine every little piece of everything, and name it!?  

            I looked in the refrigerator and didn't find as many colors as I thought I would.  It seems I don't eat too many green things.  I had some purple (grapes) and blueberries.  I also had white, which was the jicama.  There wasn't anything else.  The rest of the food was in containers.  I don't usually have a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables.  I buy them as I eat them.  They seem to go bad pretty quick.  One thing that this has brought to my attention is that I don't eat enough of raw food.  The color is another element, because I usually buy the same things: lettuce and cukes.  I think I better improve my colors.

     One slap of reality is looking at my own carbon footprint.  I thought I was doing ok, until I took a closer look at the food I'm eating and the items I'm buying.  I made a trip to the farmer's market the following Saturday and bought the locally grown vegetables.  That made me feel better and I believe it will stick in my head the value of buying local.  I hadn't thought much of the trucks and planes that carry food into the grocery store.  I wasn't looking at a big picture, I was in my own little world without looking around.  I also became aware of using Amazon to buy things.  I wasn't thinking of the airplanes and trucks used to bring me my items, I was just happy with my convenience.  Convenience at a high cost.  Maybe convenience is like carbon monoxide- odorless, colorless and deadly!  I started really thinking if I needed the items that I buy, or is it something I can do without.  This...

Hello Fellow Chemists, I'm excited to get my brain chemistry going :) One idea that I'm hoping to understand is the statement "We are made of stardust".  I want to really understand what that means.  Is it that we have the same elements that are found in stars?  Is there more to that statement?  Are we made from the stars?  I have read that Carl Sagan said that but I heard it in class as well.  It's just something that always intrigues me.  I'm also in Physics.  I wrote a bio for that class as well.  This is my first time doing a blog and I need practice writing posts.  I think this could be fun when I learn how to add pictures and fun stuff to look at.  All in all, I'm grateful to be in the class with all of you and looking forward to the cool material we'll be covering.  PS I came up with my last name in elements- Pa Nd O  =Pando Pa is Protactinium, Nd is Neodymium and O is Oxygen